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Good work/life balance but limited creativity and bureaucracy - Assistant Director, Human Resources Columbia University Employee Review

4.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Great work/life balance; good overall benefits, health, vision, dental, PTO

Cons

Decentralized, large bureaucracy, not a lot of room for creativity, working with some tenured colleagues that are complacent

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5.0
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Pros

Unionized, generous salary for a postdoc

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

They have a lot of resources, the campus is pretty, the students are engaged

Cons

They censor your political speech, punish you for activism, and have been known to call the NYPD to commit police brutality on campus

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